xlbob
02-12-07, 07:40 AM
After my fifth mission on type VIIB, April 1940, 2d flotila, I've enough renown (8500) to upgrade my boat to type IXB. I also got a promotion to Kapitant Leutnant:D
First assignmet on type IXB is grid BF 21. On my way there, I'm north of Scotland when I receive two radio messages about two convoys! One from Stornoway heading East, the second one from Orkney strait heading west.
The nearest one is the one heading west, so I head east and position myself in front of the convoy. I go to 30 m deep, rig to silent running and use my hydrophone to track the convoy. I mark the sonar lines and draw a line using the ruler so I can get an estimation of the direction and the distance of the convoy. Sure enough it's a large convoy. Two long columns of mechants. I carefully position my self between the two columns and go to periscope depth.
I raise my periscope to take a look around. There they are! Two columns of merchants, consits of tramp streamer and small merchant... nothing bigger :nope:
I lower the periscope and set my torps to 3 m, impact pistol. I raise my periscope again, take aim at the nearest one... and hit fire. Hey, tonnage is tonnage, right?
I aim at another ship and fire. All four torps fired to four different ships, and all four hit the target, send them top the bottom of the sea .. too bad they're small ships: three small merchants and one tramp steamer.
I slowly sneak away from the destroyers that chase me, and release one stern torpedo to one C&D class on my six, but the torp misses. I dive to 50 m and run silently while the destroyers ping me and release depth charges.
After about 45 minutes game time, the destroyers are gone, I raise the speed to 6 knott, check the hydrophone ... no destroyers nearby and surface the boat to recharge the battery and reload torps. I head straight to the west, to the second convoy from Stornoway which is heading East.
I'm really happy with myself, and I make myself a cup of coffee. When I get back to the conning tower there are two airplanes approaching fast! I order ahead flank and dive. My boat slowly descend and when I reach 7 m deep the planes release their wasserbombs! One bomb hit the deck gun area causing a major flood in the torpedo room and the crew's rest room. Aarrggggh ...:damn:
I send my damage control team to fix the damage and take my boat deeper, while the crew control the flooding. Before the damage can be fixed, I hear the dreaded sound of PING! Followed by another and another... then the destroyers release their depth charges ... causing more damages and flooding. It's kinda scarry to hear the crews crying and say something like "My God we're gonna die" I use German voice and all the words I can catch is "Mein Gott.. " so I guess it means something like that :lol:
Destroyers keep sending me their depth charges and several minutes later, my brand new type IXB boat along with her newly promoted Kapitant Leutnant is sent to the bottom of the sea. :damn:
I still don't know if I'm gonna reload the game or play "dead is dead" and start a new career. :damn:
First assignmet on type IXB is grid BF 21. On my way there, I'm north of Scotland when I receive two radio messages about two convoys! One from Stornoway heading East, the second one from Orkney strait heading west.
The nearest one is the one heading west, so I head east and position myself in front of the convoy. I go to 30 m deep, rig to silent running and use my hydrophone to track the convoy. I mark the sonar lines and draw a line using the ruler so I can get an estimation of the direction and the distance of the convoy. Sure enough it's a large convoy. Two long columns of mechants. I carefully position my self between the two columns and go to periscope depth.
I raise my periscope to take a look around. There they are! Two columns of merchants, consits of tramp streamer and small merchant... nothing bigger :nope:
I lower the periscope and set my torps to 3 m, impact pistol. I raise my periscope again, take aim at the nearest one... and hit fire. Hey, tonnage is tonnage, right?
I aim at another ship and fire. All four torps fired to four different ships, and all four hit the target, send them top the bottom of the sea .. too bad they're small ships: three small merchants and one tramp steamer.
I slowly sneak away from the destroyers that chase me, and release one stern torpedo to one C&D class on my six, but the torp misses. I dive to 50 m and run silently while the destroyers ping me and release depth charges.
After about 45 minutes game time, the destroyers are gone, I raise the speed to 6 knott, check the hydrophone ... no destroyers nearby and surface the boat to recharge the battery and reload torps. I head straight to the west, to the second convoy from Stornoway which is heading East.
I'm really happy with myself, and I make myself a cup of coffee. When I get back to the conning tower there are two airplanes approaching fast! I order ahead flank and dive. My boat slowly descend and when I reach 7 m deep the planes release their wasserbombs! One bomb hit the deck gun area causing a major flood in the torpedo room and the crew's rest room. Aarrggggh ...:damn:
I send my damage control team to fix the damage and take my boat deeper, while the crew control the flooding. Before the damage can be fixed, I hear the dreaded sound of PING! Followed by another and another... then the destroyers release their depth charges ... causing more damages and flooding. It's kinda scarry to hear the crews crying and say something like "My God we're gonna die" I use German voice and all the words I can catch is "Mein Gott.. " so I guess it means something like that :lol:
Destroyers keep sending me their depth charges and several minutes later, my brand new type IXB boat along with her newly promoted Kapitant Leutnant is sent to the bottom of the sea. :damn:
I still don't know if I'm gonna reload the game or play "dead is dead" and start a new career. :damn: